Lily had been waiting by William’s bedroom door, and knocked a couple of times. She didn’t expect that he would be in the children’s bedroom of all places. It was enough reason to raise brows at his behavior.“What are you doing here, Lily?” The Alpha asked her without even so much as a friendly greeting or show of affection. A far cry from the first times they met and there was, if not love, at least a kind of desire between them. Now all William seemed to her was indifferent. And it irked her a lot. No man had ever done that to her before.“Were you with the children? You seem to care a lot about them,” she remarked, looking a little bit peeves and suspicion coloring her voice.“Does that matter?” He asked daringly, challenging her to say whatever it was in her mind.Lily wasn’t so stupid as to start a fight she would lose.“Not at all. Just seems a little curious, that’s all,” she easily replied. “And as to what I’m doing here… Have you forgotten we are engaged to be married? Or di
Anna bit her bottom lip insistently, her nervous tic displaying how she felt even as she tried to appear calm and collected. She wondered why Damon still wasn’t home after some time waiting after returning back from the company. Where had he run off to? And why did she have a bad feeling about it ont he first place?The redhead was glad but also kind of nervous due to how he had acted at work. She was pacing up and down in the bedroom (the only safe zone she felt she had in this penthouse), when there were sudden sounds of two short raps on the door.“Come in,” she called out through anstrained voice, and the door opened, to reveal the butler, Bertram.He held a phone to his ear as he entered and pressed his finger to his lips.What? What was going on, she wondered.Then, he held out the phone to her earnestly.“Someone needs to speak to you,” he said in a low voice and she took the phone confusedly. Someone wanted to speak to her? Who could it be?As soon as she placed her ear to the
Anna cried out, feeling a burning pain. She placed her palm against her cheek and felt raised ridges on her skin. Her eyes widened at the realization that he had used his claws on her.“You bastard,” She hissed, only for her hair to be forcefully pulled back.“You should be more grateful,” Damon growled at her, and his grip tightened. “That I deem you worthy of being my woman.”“Let me go!” She screamed at Damon. Her scalp felt like it was being torn in two, his grip was merciless.The need to survive overwhelmed Anna and her eyes glowed. She gave in to the building adrenaline and overwhelming anger and began hitting at Damon, her eyes trained on her enemy, the threat against her.However she wasn’t fast enough and he dodged every one of her blows, before pulling her hair even more making her groan in pain.Her muscles went slack and he loosened his grip finally, chuckling at her weakness.“You really aren’t fit for anything, Anna. I must have underestimated you,” Damon scoffed openly
The clock had already chimed midnight when Anna decided she couldn’t stay up any longer. With a long sigh, she burrowed herself under the sheets and switched off the lamp beside her. Though the night was dark and the curtains closed, Anna could see every outline of the dark room, through her advanced senses.She could hardly stop thinking about William, her family. The hopes that had been dashed when she accepted Damon’s offer had sprung up again.Sleep came slowly for her and she was halfway through drifting off when she heard the door open. Her eyes opened at once and her mind instantly became alert. She raised her head only to find golden orbs glaring at her.Her heart skipped; it was Damon. What was he doing here?“Damon,” she said his name and fell silent, the words not coming out of her mouth. She stared at him, her anxiety rising gradually until he finally spoke.“Have you decided?” He asked her suddenly and she became a little bit confused. What was he talking about..?The las
Damon eyed the sign that stated the forest was a part of a preserve with disgust. The idea of werewolves using their influence to practically co-opt a portion of the city as their territory drove him mad to no end.“Spread out,” he ordered in a rough voice.The men began to do so as he commanded and he kept his eyes open as he walked forward. He stealthily moved through the forest, his eyes glowing in the dark as he listened for sounds of any presence. The air was ripe with the scents of werewolves which filled him with indescribable hatred, fueled by the Virax in his system.“Sir, we’ve found something!” One of the men called out.Damon smirked and walked to the source of the sound and found a trail, his man pointing at it.“Good,” he was entirely satisfied. “Begin.”As soon as he gave the signal, the men began spilling gasoline all over the trees and bushes. The scent of it was intoxicating to him but he didn’t care. It was exhilarating to know he would be the cause of this forests
Silence was all around the forest, and though one couldn’t hear a pin drop in it, there was an eeriness to it - no sounds of birds or crickets or the creatures of the night that made the forest so full of life.William groaned on the floor and began to slowly try to stand up. How had he lost his guard so quickly? He should have been more careful, he internally berated himself.The sound of footsteps coming closer, made warning bells ring in the Alpha’s head.He had to be more careful now, more than ever.“You see,” the chuckling voice of Damon hit William - the unwelcome slap in the face as his vision blurred. “I will ALWAYS win against you, William. You’re nothing but an abomination. Nothing more and nothing less.”Then, without missing a beat, Damon raised his boot-covered feet, and stamped with force on William’s leg. The sound of a bone snapping and William’s pained roars could be heard in the silence.“There, just another sign of my victory.”“Fuck!” William cursed, feeling his
It wasn't until she saw the blood splattered over her hands that the anger wore off.Anna’s eyes widened, and she stared down at her hands as she began to connect the dots of what had happened.The sound of growling around ehr increased.“Abomination,” she heard one of the werewolves hiss, and it made her head snap and turn to see the hatred in every single one of their eyes.Damn it. What had she done? What had she DONE?Lowly hissed words reached her ears, as the werewolves surrounded her.If words and looks could kill, the redhead knew she would already be taking her last breaths. As she stared at their elongated claws and canines, she tried and failed to quell the feeling of dread welling up in her heart.Through the hissing and growls aimed at her, however, William’s loud voice shocked everyone into silence.“ENOUGH!’All eyes turned to William and as he limped towards her, they all parted like the Red Sea.“Go and look for the wounded,” he ordered them, without removing his gaze
A hesitant knock on the door of the study a couple of minutes later made both men turn to glance at it, and William called out for the person to enter.The scent of anxiousness on the young maid who wrung her hands made William’s brows rise in confusion. Then he heard, “Alpha, Alpha Drake of the Eclipse Pack is here to see you,” she said in a hushed voice, bowing and trembling.Damn, William could only think as he dismissed the girl. As he stood, so did Ethan, who followed him out of the study, curiosity in his eyes.As he and Ethan made their way down the steps, he could overhear Alpha Drake demanding to see him, even at this early morning hour. The sun hadnt even fucking risen yet.William’s sense of danger only increased when he stepped onto the foyer, his eyes surveying the scene as he called out, “I am here, Alpha Drake.”He noticed that not only Alpha Drake was present but many guards, as well as Lily standing by her godfather’s side.Trouble, he thought, and he knew it deep wit